Land Management Plan - Part 2 Los Padres National Forest Strategy

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Land Management Plan Part 2 Los Padres National Forest Strategy September 2005 deer, mountain lion, bobcat, and coyote; smaller species include fox, mountain and valley quail, rabbit, raccoon, and gray squirrels. Mono (Dick Smith Wilderness) Places: San Rafael The Mono Roadless Area is located in Santa Barbara County approximately 10 miles north of Santa Barbara. Elevations range from Hildreth Peak at 5,065 feet to 1,600 feet, where Mono Creek leaves the area. The area is surrounded by existing administrative jeep-ways. Access is limited to non-motorized travel originating primarily from Mono Campground. The Mono/Alamar Trail and a portion of the Poplar Trail comprise 10 miles of non-motorized trails within the area. The Mono/Alamar Trail does receive some mountain bike use. Mountain bikers also use the 25-mile Loma-Victor Jeepway from the Monte Arido Road to an area just south of Ogilvy Ranch for extended remote travel and dispersed camping. The Mono Creek drainage offers miles of outstanding natural features. The towering steep canyon walls of the Narrows, deep pools along Mono Creek, limestone and sandstone outcroppings, and the large expansive rolling grass potreros of Loma Pelona are classic backdrops for wilderness discovery. Page 92
September 2005 Land Management Plan Part 2 Los Padres National Forest Strategy Wild and Scenic Rivers Designated Sespe Creek Places: Highway 33 Corridor, 4.7 miles; and Sespe, 24.3 miles Page 93 31.5 Miles (27.5 Miles, Wild; 4 Miles, Scenic) Interesting geologic formations, unusual gorges, and rich riparian vegetation provide excellent scenic diversity and recreation opportunities. This stream is considered an outstanding rainbow trout fishery and provides critical habitat for the endangered California condor (www.nps.gov). Big Sur River Places: Ventana, 20.6 miles 20.6 Miles, Wild Located in the Ventana Wilderness, this river offers outstanding opportunities for hiking, camping, swimming and fishing. It is one of the longest coastal California streams lined with redwoods (www.nps.gov). Sisquoc River Places: San Rafael 32.6 miles; and Figueroa-Santa Ynez, 1.9 miles Sisquoc Creek: 34.6 Miles, Wild Most of this river lies within the San Rafael Wilderness. It offers excellent opportunities for solitude, wilderness-oriented activities, and appreciation of the outstanding scenery (www.nps.gov). Wild and Scenic Rivers, Recommended for Designation Piru Creek Places: Sespe, 5.8 miles; and Hungry Valley/Mutau, 32.8 miles The upper portions of Piru Creek (those below a point in the Sespe Wilderness in the southwest corner of Township 6 N., Range 22 W., Section 3 to the maximum pool of Pyramid Lake) have been found suitable for classification as either a wild or scenic river. Upper Piru Creek provides an outstandingly remarkable opportunity to recreate in and along a year-round stream. The faults and rock formations found along the Creek include important features crucial to the understanding of the very complex structural and geomorphic evolution of the west coast of North America. Along the upper portion of Piru Creek, exposures of the oldest basement rocks in the coastal mountains of the western United States are considered to be outstandingly remarkable. This portion of the Piru Creek supports a population of arroyo toads, and the scientific and interpretive values offered by several of the prehistoric/ethnographic sites constitute outstandingly remarkable values. Sespe Creek Places: Highway 33 Corridor, 11.5 miles The portion of Sespe Creek that originates in the confluence of Chorro Grande Canyon in Township 6 N., Range 23 W., Section 21, and extends to the confluence of Rock Creek in the
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